Flight data recorder of crashed Air India flight foundMANGALORE - The digital flight data recorder, a part of the black box, of the Air India Express plane that crashed killing 158 people was found Tuesday after three days of intensive search operations. Search for plane’s flight data recorder to resume TuesdayMANGALORE - Two days of search for the digital flight data recorder, a part of the black box, of the Air India Express plane that crashed here Saturday have proved futile and the hunt will resume Tuesday, officials said. Search continues for plane’s digital flight data recorderMANGALORE - Teams of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and police Monday resumed their search for the digital flight data recorder, a part of the black box, of the Air India Express plane that crashed here Saturday, killing 158 people. Crashed plane’s black box foundMANGALORE - The black box of the crashed Air India Express plane has been found, police and airport sources said Sunday. Agonising wait for kin at hospitalMANGALORE - For doctors and other staff at the government-run Wenlock Hospital, it is a race against time to conduct autopsies of victims of Saturday’s Air India Express crash before the bodies begin to decompose while for the relatives and friends it is an agonising wait to get the remains of their near and dear ones. Search still on for Air India aircraft’s black boxMANGALORE - The search for the digital cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder of the ill-fated Air India aircraft that crashed here Saturday was still on, more than 24 hours after the disaster. Forensic team from Hyderabad to help identify crash victimsMANGALORE - Forensic experts from Hyderabad arrived here Sunday morning to conduct DNA tests to help identify several bodies charred beyond recognition in Saturday’s Air India Express plane crash that killed 158 people, police and hospital officials said. 158 dead as AI plane overshoots Mangalore runway, hurtles down cliff (Intro Roundup)MANGALORE - At least 158 people were killed when a packed Air India Express flight from Dubai crashed Saturday while landing at Mangalore’s “table top” airport, breaking into pieces and falling into a deep gorge in balls of fire. Only eight passengers survived in what is one of India’s worst aviation disasters. Kerala making arrangements to bring bodies home: Minister (Second lead)MANGALORE - The Kerala government is making arrangements to bring back the bodies of nearly 50 Malayalis killed in the Air India Express plane crash here, state Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan said Saturday. Fiery crash turned gorge into valley of deathMANGALORE - The fiery crash of Air India Express flight 812 from Dubai early Saturday in a gorge at the end of a “hill top” runway here turned the wreckage site into a valley of death, with charred bodies strewn all around the inhospitable terrain. 159 dead as AI plane overshoots runway, hurtles down cliff at Mangalore (Roundup)MANGALORE - At least 159 people were killed when a packed to capacity Air India Express flight from Dubai crashed Saturday while landing at Mangalore’s “table top” airport, breaking into pieces and falling into a deep gorge in balls of fire. Only seven passengers survived in what is one of India’s worst aviation disasters. Last minutes of the ill-fated AI flightMANGALORE - From landing to plunging down a cliff - the last minutes of the Air India Express flight that crashed here Saturday morning killing 159 people: Probe ordered into Mangalore air crash: PatelMANGALORE - Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel Saturday said that a probe had been ordered into the plane crash at Mangalore airport and that it was premature to ascertain the actual cause for the accident that claimed 159 lives. List of Mangalore crash survivorsMANGALORE - The list of survivors of Saturday’s Air India Express crash at Mangalore: Putturismail Abdulla, Joel Pratap D’Souza, G.K. Pradeep, Krishnan Koolikkunnu, Mayankutty K.P., Ummer Farook Mohammed and Sabrina Nasrinhuq. Achuthanandan offers all assistance to victims (Lead, changing dateline)MANGALORE - Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Saturday offered all possible help to the injured and kin of the passengers from his state who died in the Air India Express crash in Mangalore. Crash toll up to 159, four-year-old deadMANGALORE - The toll of the IX 812 crash went up to 159 with the addition of a four-year-old girl, who was brought dead to hospital. Crash paralyses Mangalore airportMANGALORE - The tragic crash of an Air India Express Boeing 737 killing at least 158 passengers Saturday has severely disrupted operations at the Mangalore airport. I heard the shrieks of co-passengers: crash survivorMANGALORE - “I saw the flight catching fire and heard the shrieks of my co-passengers inside the aircraft,” said Krishnan, who survived by escaping through a gap in the broken Air India Express aircraft seconds after it crashed in Mangalore Saturday. 23 kids on board crashed planeMANGALORE - Nineteen children and four infants were on board the Air India aircraft that crashed near here Saturday. 158 killed as Air India plane plunges down cliff at Mangalore (Afternoon Lead)MANGALORE - At least 158 people were killed Saturday when Air India Express flight 812 flying in from Dubai crashed while landing at Mangalore’s “table top” airport surrounded by deep gorges and erupted in fire when it overshot the runway and plunged down a cliff. Only detailed inquiry can ascertain cause of air crash: PatelMANGALORE - Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel Saturday assured all possible help to the families of those killed in the air crash here and said it was premature to ascertain the the actual cause for the mishap that claimed 158 lives. Most bodies charred beyond recognitionMANGALORE - Most victims of the Air India Express crash near here Saturday were charred beyond recognition, with the front portion of the plane completely burnt, rescue workers said. Mangalore has one of India’s most turbulent airspacesMANGALORE - The Mangalore International Airport, where an Air India Express flight crashed Saturday killing nearly 170 people, opened in 1951 as the Bajpe Aerodrome when then prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru arrived on the maiden flight. 158 killed as Air India crashes near Mangalore airport (Fourth Lead)MANGALORE - At least 158 people were killed Saturday morning when an Air India Express Boeing 737 with 166 passengers and crew flying from Dubai overshot the runway while landing at the Mangalore airport and turned into a ball of fire as it crashed into a forested ravine, authorities and witnesses said. Survivor jumped out of gap in broken aircraft: relativeMANGALORE - One of the survivors of the air crash, Umar Farooq, said he escaped by jumping out of from a gap when the plane broke immediately after shooting off the runway at the Mangalore airport. Mangalore’s ‘table top’ airport surrounded by gorgesMANGALORE - Flying into Mangalore has always been considered difficult because the airport is on the top of a hill and surrounded by deep gorges that are just 30 metres from the runway. |
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